Light blue

#bad3da

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for light blue, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Light blue, a soft teal at 193 degrees. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Light blue color values

Every conversion for #bad3da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bad3da

RGB186, 211, 218

HSL193, 30%, 79%

HSV193, 15%, 85%

CMYK15%, 3%, 0%, 15%

Lab82.96, -6.89, -6.28

XYZ56.2, 62.09, 75.35

Decimal12243930

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone290 C

Shades of light blue

#a2c4cd #89b4c0 #71a5b3 #5995a6 #4c7f8d #3f6975 #32535d #253e45 #18282c #0b1214

Tints of light blue

#c0d7dd #c5dae0 #cbdee3 #d1e2e6 #d7e5e9 #dce9ec #e2edf0 #e8f0f3 #eef4f6 #f3f8f9

Colors that go with light blue

Complementary#dac1ba Analogous#badad1 Analogous#bac3da Triadic#dabad3 Triadic#d3daba Split complementary#dabac3 Split complementary#dad1ba

Light blue in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 15, 3, 0, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bad3da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

15 3 0 15

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

18 7 4 21

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Light blue in css

Copy #bad3da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bad3da; }
.text { color: #bad3da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bad3da; }

How light blue looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light blue and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bad3da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bad3da against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light blue on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bad3da sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light blue? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn light blue into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bad3da and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from light blue, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #bad3da are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.